VIDEO: DOCTOR STRIPPED, BEATEN BY POLICE IN AP; HAD COMPLAINED ON SHORTAGE OF CORONA PPE IN HOSPITALS!

A video of a doctor based in Vizag has been circling various social media platforms since last week. The visuals showed a doctor who had previously protested for lack of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) being thrashed, by a police officer on the road.

The doctor was identified as Dr. K. Sudhakar. Visuals depict him with his hands tied at the back, half naked, being thrashed and later being carried on to an auto-rikshaw in order to be taken to the police station.

Andhra doctor tied-up, thrashed by Vizag cops. Cops claim doc psychologically disturbed & drunk. Same doc was suspended by Jagan govt two months ago, when he spoke up against lack of N-95 masks in govt hospital in Narsipatnam. Vizag top cop suspends constable for thrashing doc. pic.twitter.com/aE9vhp38hx

— Paul Oommen (@Paul_Oommen) May 16, 2020

Previously Dr. Sudhakar was actively protesting against the government for not having provided the hospitals with enough PPE including N95 masks.

Vizag Police commissioner, R.K Meena, alleged that Dr. Sudhakar was in a drunken state and was creating public nuisance on the highway. "Sudhakar was in a drunken state and he behaved rudely with the police. He snatched the mobile phone from a constable and threw it away,” the commissioner told Hindustan Times. “The doctor is apparently suffering from some psychological problems,” she added.

However, the commissioner also told Hindustan times that the constable who had beaten up Sudhakar has now been suspended.

While speaking of the doctor, “We have sent him to King George Hospital for medical examination. After receiving the medical report, we shall book a case against Sudhakar under appropriate sections of the Indian Penal Code,” the commissioner told Hindustan Times.